📣The 2026 ERC Consolidator Grant competition is now open! 📣 Already preparing your proposal? Info links ⬇️ Info for applicants 👉 buff.ly/PSbeUxX Application portal 👉 buff.ly/mauZoqo Deadline: 13/01/26 General info on #ERCCoG 👉 buff.ly/KCN6GTh

🚀 ERC Scientific Council member Geneviève Almouzni’s latest #ERCMagazine editorial shows how inclusive research cultures drive excellence, creativity, and discovery - & what the ERC is doing to make it happen 👉 bit.ly/4n8usX4 #DiversityInScience #ScienceForSociety #FrontierResearch

❗Starting at 9:30 CEST this morning❗ Are you applying for an ERC research grant and looking for practical guidance? Join our hands-on, online info session 👉 europa.eu/!hMhKRn Hear from ERC experts 👇 and get actionable tips to strengthen your application! #AcademicSky

Are you planning to apply for an ERC grant? Do you need some guidance? This hands-on session is for you! On 24 September, ERC representatives will guide you through the changes in the 2026 calls for the Starting, Consolidator & Advanced Grant. 👉 europa.eu/!hMhKRn

Preparing an @erc.europa.eu application? Make sure you use the latest templates for 2026 calls!

If you are considering applying, have a look at the last changes. 👇

Interviews of the #SyG2025 are in full speed this week! If you are preparing a proposal for the #SyG2026 call, this video will help you get the overview 👇👇 Deadline 5 November - 17h (Brussels time) 🍀🍀🍀 Good luck!

Today Lucía takes you by the hand and walks you through the entire ERC #evaluation process — from panel selection to interview. Learn who reviews your #proposal, how decisions are made, & how to best increase your chance of success. 👇 #research #funding #grant #AcademicSky

Planning on watching the ERC's webinar this Thursday 11 September? It's for grant applicants with in-depth questions on the ERC process. But, before you tune in: Make sure you know the basics 📹 bit.ly/463AbYl Get answers to some extra questions 📑 europa.eu/!y49yxF

And a million thanks to our panel members and reviewers for their support throughout these evaluations!! 🙌

The list of @erc.europa.eu #StG2025 awardees is out. For LS6, congrats to: Linda Grillova, Jean-Christophe Beltra, @nanaborsa.bsky.social, Claudia Giesecke-Thiel, @jenshoer.bsky.social, Marko Sestan, Rajagopal Murugan, @consigliocr.bsky.social, Yi-Ling Chen, Laura Martin-Sancho, Joao Monteiro.

In 2025, the ERC received 3,329 proposals for Advanced Grant funding — 31% more than last year! The selected projects will likely be announced in the spring of 2026. More facts and figures on #ERCAdG applications 👇 europa.eu/!bm9gPT #FrontierResearch

👇👇👇👇👇 what she says!

It’s about to begin! Listen to Draghi, Nobel laureates and others in a timely discussion on.. “Research & Innovation in a Tripolar World” 🌍 But first - hear from our ERC Scientific Council member Torsten Persson at the Lindau Nobel Meeting. Live now 🎥 www.lindau-nobel.org #linoecon

Are you looking for work in a research group that is supported by an ERC grant? Remember there are new positions appearing almost every day on #Euraxess's website, with 118 currently open. You could find the right fit for you! 👉 europa.eu/!gdXPfd #ChooseEurope #jobs #research

Read this carefully 👇 especially the part on StG and CoG eligibility window changes for 2027!

Thanks for the opportunity to share insights into my daily work with the young immunologists. I really had fun!

See you in Vienna!

🎯 Early-career immunologists, this one's for you! Join the IUIS Junior Community at #IUIS2025 for exclusive networking, career development, and fun—from a scavenger hunt through Vienna to expert-led sessions and their very own global symposium. https://loom.ly/02pE5cY #RoadToVienna

📆 18 August 8:30, Vienna. #ERC information session @erc.europa.eu organised with the @iuis-online.bsky.social early career committee. We will go over the different grants and the latest changes. A grantee will share her experience and we will have time for Q&A. See you there!

❗Ethics matter in your ERC proposal. In our new ERC Classes episode, we explain: ✨ How to identify and address ethical issues in your research ✨ Tips for your ethics self-assessment ✨ What to expect from the ERC ethics evaluation ▶️ Watch here 👉 bit.ly/46hPj4M

If you are preparing for an ERC interview this summer 😎☀️🍹 you might be interested by this video 👇

And in today @erc.europa.eu ERC classes video, Lucia will explain how the individual grants are evaluated.

All the brand new @erc.europa.eu ERC classes videos will be published on the ERC YouTube channel. ✅How to write the different parts of your application, ✅How the evaluations are organized, ✅What are Synergy grants about, ✅How to write the ethics part. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

📝 Planning to apply for an ERC grant? The latest ERC Class explains how to write your application: ✅ Part B1 (your “business card”) ✅ Part B2 (project details & methodology) ✅ Part A (admin & budget tips) ▶️ Watch the full video here 👉 buff.ly/5b1FQyB #FrontierResearch

📆8th of October! 🇩🇰 The University of Copenhagen @ucph.bsky.social will host a unique event with the ERC @erc.europa.eu Spotlighting ERC-funded research and discussing future directions in frontier science. Free onsite event, register by 1 September. healthsciences.ku.dk/calender/cal...

🚀 Thinking of applying for an ERC grant? We have some great tips for researchers around the world! The European Research Council has launched a new set of instructional videos called "ERC Classes". ✨ Watch the first in the series: “How to get started with your ERC grant”👉 bit.ly/4eGVd1x

Tadam! @erc.europa.eu #Synergy is open too! Gather your team and your most daring ideas. 📅Deadline: 5 November 2025, 17:00 (Brussels time) ☝️There are a few changes in the templates, visit our website for additional info and support. erc.europa.eu/apply-grant/...

Hello future #Ercstg applicants! Check out the new templates: they are quite different so read the text in the Word files carefully! And please don’t wait till 2027 because of the change in the eligibility windows! Life sciences people I am talking to you 🤪

🎉@erc.europa.eu #Starting grant 2026 call is now open! 📅Deadline: 14 October 2025 - 17:00:00 Brussels time. Good luck to the new generation of researchers! We are looking forward to reading about your ideas! erc.europa.eu/apply-grant/...

📣 Find out all about funding opportunities, grant budgets, competition schedules, and eligibility rules for ERC research funding in the coming year. The 2026 ERC Work Programme has been adopted! 👉 europa.eu/!qhVTkt New to the ERC? Watch our webinar Thursday 10th July @ 15:00 CEST europa.eu/!3rGdWB

All about the 2026 ERC grant application and evaluation process! ✍️ Are you new to ERC grants? Then join us for a live webinar on 10 July at 15:00 CEST, tailored for researchers who are just starting out in their attempt to get an ERC grant. Watch 👉 europa.eu/!3rGdWB

📅Pencil 10 July 2025, 15.00 - 16.00 CEST in your calendar! Webinar on ERC Work Programme 2026|ERC erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

👋 Hello 🏡 We are the #EU-CIP project. We are building the #CancerInfoPortal - home for reliable and easy to understand information cancer patients and their families and carers in Europe. 🤝 We just kicked-off the project with partners from 18 European countries. Let's introduce you to EU-CiP. 1/7

Congratulations! The new Advanced Grant winners are great news. But yet again, many scientists - around 260 - with ground-breaking ideas were rated as excellent, but remained unfunded due to a lack of funds at the ERC. Hope that more funding will be available in the future!

Are you currently at the Annual Congress of the European Association for #Cancer Research, in #Lisbon? Want the latest info on ERC grants? Come meet ERC Scientific Officer Veronica Caraffini at stand no.46! #EACR2025 @helloeacr.bsky.social

Are you currently attending the International Conference on Arabidopsis Research in Ghent? Want the latest info on ERC grants? Come talk to ERC Scientific Officer Mariam Benjdia at our stand! #ICAR2025 #Arabidopsis

📣 Good news: 281 top researchers have just won ERC Advanced Grants! The new funding, worth nearly €721 million, is part of the 🇪🇺 EU’s #HorizonEurope programme. Find out more 👉 europa.eu/!JYKxkD #ERCAdG #FrontierResearch @ec.europa.eu

The 2024 ERC Advanced Grants will help 281 researchers set up their own teams and conduct research on the topics of their choice. We selected 5 examples of projects; based in Spain, the Netherlands, Germany and the UK. Find out more 👉 buff.ly/Kuo67XK

📅 If you are attending the @iuis-online.bsky.social meeting in Vienna in August, we will be organizing an @erc.europa.eu #ERC info session with the ECC. More info to come, stay tuned.

Read this carefully 👇 especially the part on StG and CoG eligibility window changes for 2027!

🎉 Congratulations to Wolfgang Baumeister @maxplanck.de, awarded the 2025 #ShawPrize in Life Science & Medicine for pioneering work in cryo-ET! Learn more 👉 europa.eu/!JBXDBG #FrontierResearch #ERCSyG #CryoET #StructuralBiology #shawprize2025

❗Remember that the AdG grant budget now follows the lump sum model. Take the time to read the related documents and watch the explanatory videos on our website. Your HI can also help you draft your budget.

#ERC#AdG2025 is now open with a deadline 28 August 2025. Good luck everyone!

📅Next Tuesday, we will have a lunch session on ERC grants + ERC grantees @mariabernabeu.bsky.social and Julia Mahamid will share their experience. Infection: pathogens, hosts, and microbiomes www.embl.org/about/info/c...

The ERC welcomes the offer of substantial additional budget from @ec.europa.eu for the development of a new ERC funding instrument offering larger, longer-term grants, as announced by President Ursula Von der Leyen at the Sorbonne this morning. 👉 europa.eu/!NTYTTV